by Kile Smith | Feb 19, 2015 | Choral music, new music
Tonight’s episode of the new program by Jim Cotter, Articulate, airs 10:30 pm on WHYY-TV in Philadelphia, with an extensive interview with Donald Nally, conductor and co-founder of The Crossing, the amazing new-music choir. There are also segments on cellist...
by Kile Smith | Jan 27, 2015 | Choral music, liturgical music, Lutheran, new music
Back from Chicago & Evanston, and gorgeously revealing performances of Vespers by Northwestern University’s Bienen Contemporary/Early Vocal Ensemble (BCE) and Piffaro, The Renaissance Band. Donald Nally led brilliantly, Piffaro played like gangbusters, and...
by Kile Smith | Jan 15, 2015 | Choral music, liturgical music, Lutheran, new music, Uncategorized
January 24, 2015, Millar Chapel, Northwestern University, Evanston (Institute for New Music) January 25, 2015, St. James Cathedral, Chicago (Presented in collaboration with the Evelyn Dunbar Early Music Festival) Bienen Contemporary/Early Vocal Ensemble and Piffaro,...
by Kile Smith | Jan 8, 2015 | Choral music, new music
In the Chestnut Hill Local, Michael Caruso calls The Consolation of Apollo “lyrical, even at its most dramatic and dissonant, ” saying that it is “theatrical” with “an ethereal quality that give the voices the sound of truly coming to...
by Kile Smith | Nov 13, 2014 | Choral music, new music, Radio
WWFM’s Noon Concert, Friday, Nov 14th, hosted by David Osenberg and Sebastian Currier, is a broadcast of The Crossing, Donald Nally, director, from the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton at Wolfensohn Hall. It’s the world premiere of my recent work...
